Bow-guide



H. F. FISHER. BOW GUIDE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1920.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

fi/VRY F IC/SHER- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY' F. FISHER, LQS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

BOVV-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patei'ited Sept. 14, 1920.

m Application filed February 25, 1320. Serial ,No. 361,349.

State of California, have invented new and useful improvements in Bow-Guides, of which the following is specification.

This invention relates to musical instruments and has for its object to provide an improved guide attachable to the bodies of violins for the purpose of guarding or guiding the bow in its movement across the strings, and has for its further object to provide a device of this character that is simple, in xpensive, substantial, durable, and that may be readily applied and adapted to violins having transverse body portions of different diameters or transverse dimensions, and the invention consists ofthe construction and details an embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described and claimed herein.

Figure l is a plan view of a'violin to which the invention is applied.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the violin and applied guide.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the improved guide in elevation.

The improved guide, in its illustrated em bodiment, comprises right and left-hand bracket members 2 and 3 respectively that may be, and preferably are. made of fiat strip material as metal; the right-hand bracket having a downwardly extending curved arm 2 with a hook 2 on its lower end to be passed beneath the over-hanging bead of the face or top board i of a violin generally indicated at V.

The body embracing face of the hook 2 is preferably provided with a protecting or cushioning strip 5 to prevent marring the finish of the violin and also to prevent undesirable vibration of the parts. This bracket 2 has an upwardly extending arm 2 of suitable length that is provided with a threaded aperture 6 adjacent its upper end, and just below the same is provided with a plane aperture through which freely passses a tightening screw 7 the opposite hreaded end of which screw engages a threadec portion of the upwardly extending arm 3 of the bracke 3, this latter having a downwardly extending padded hook 3 to en:- brace the opposite edge of the violin body.

Transversely connecting the upper poi:

tions of the arms 2 and 3 is a spacing screw or rod 8, one threaded end of which engages the threaded aperture 6 of the bracket arm 2 while the opposite threaded end of the spacing rod 8 engages a complementary threaded aperturein the arm 3.

From this it will be seen that by turning the spacing rod 8 in either direction the rod will effect the contraction or separation of the bracket arms 2 and 3 to enable their hooks to be brought into engagement with the edge beads of the top panel l of the violin. lVhen having been so adjusted the lower ends of the arms 2 and 3 can be drawn into tight embrace with the edge beads by means of screw 7 so that the arms will be substantially maintained in anupright position.

One or the other of the arms, in this case the arm 3, 1s provided with upwardly extending and inwardly directed guide or guard part 9 which in this case is shown as produced by twisting theupper portion of the arm 3" as at 10 to bring the flatplane of the strip transverse to the longitudinal axis of the violin; the guard or guide part 9 when so arranged projecting such distance above the strings S of the violin to clear the same and to be so located as to support the bow bar while the hairs of the bow are resting on the strings. Preferably the guide or overhanging part 9 is provided with a cush ioning acket such as a leather or other suitable thimble 11.

From the above it will be seen that the device is adapted to be placed across the body of the violin on such a transverse line as may be desired in a position between the bridge B and the end of the finger board F and so that when the player is running the bow,- not shown, across the strings the toadency ofthe bow to shift toward the bridge will be overcome.

It is n derstood that the threads on the spacing rod 8 may be right and left-hand on opposite ends to facilitate the adjustment of the brackets. 7

Various changes may be made without dd parting from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. a bow guide for violins, or the like, comprising pair of connec'ed r-eiativel adjustable bracket members with means to drawing said members toward one anothe for clamping the same to the body ofa violin one "of the bracket members having a guide forming part engage-able by the-bow.

2. Abow guide for violins including a pair of adjustable bracket members the outer end of said members being formed to engage the side edges of the top of the vio lin arms upstanding from the inner end of said bracketspmeans for engaging said arms to draw their outer ends'firmly into engagement with the side edges of the top of the.

violin, the upper end of one of said arms V V pair' of adjustable"brackets the outer end of being bent inwardly'and downwardly above the strings toform a'bow guide. I 8. A bow guide for violins comprislng a pair of brackets withhook members to be fitted to the opposite edge beads of the bouts; a spacingmember for adjusting the brackets; alocki ngior clamping member for 'drawing'said brackets toward one another; Y and a guide part for engagement of the bow.

' 4. A bow' -guide for violins including a pair, of adjustable brackets, the outerl ends of said brackets being formed'to' engage the side edges of the top of the 'violin, arms comprising strips upstanding from the inner end of saidbrackets, with the width of said 7 strips extending parallel to the longitudinal engagement with the sideedges of the top 1 axis of theviolin means for engaging said V at right angles to present/the width thereof arms to draw their outer ends firmly into of the violin, ,one of; said arms being twisted at right angles to present the width thereof for contactfwith the bow." r I form a bow guide.

' 5. A bow guide'for'violins including a pair of adjustable brackets,.the[outer end of said brackets being formed to engage the side edges of the top of the violin, arms up- 7 standing fromthe inner end of said brackets,

arms being bentdnwardly and"downwardly to form a bow guide.

6. A bow guide forviolins 'includinga 7 said brackets being formed to engage. the slde edges of the top of the-violin, arms upstanding from the inner endof said brackets,

a screw extending through the base of'one clined threads-at its ends engaging said up-l stand ng arms respectively, one of sa d arms being bentinwardly and. downwardly to comprising a pair of bracket members relasaid brackets, one of saidarms being twisted for contact with the bow. i

. A bow guide for violins or the like In, testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification.

.7 HENRY F. risnnn. 

